Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A real quick interlude: 2 points of music nerdery.

1. LA Times:

"When 'Ain't No Sunshine' was a huge hit back in 1971, my father and I had a competition going about who could count the number of times you sing 'I know' during the bridge. Once and for all, how many was it?"

Bill Withers: "We'll have to take the word of someone who counted it. And the most consistent number that has come up is 26. You know, I wasn't going to write anything there, but [the record's producer] Booker T. [Jones] said, 'Just do that, just do "I know." ' "




2. Urb:

"Fuck, there are 88 castanet claps on the idiophonic-heavy 'Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthin’ Ta F’ With,' just like the 88 keys on a piano."





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